Herbert James Draper, British 1864-1920

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Description

Herbert James Draper
portrait of teddy, son of lieutenant b.w.g oates, r.n.v.r.
signed; signed and numbered on the stretcher
oil on canvas
133x67cm.; 52 1/2 x26 1/2 in.

Provenance

Commissioned by the sitter's family;
Thence by descent

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1919, no.591

Literature

Simon Toll, Herbert Draper 1863-1920, A Life Study, Woodbridge, 2003, pp.165-166, cat.no.189

Catalogue Note

Teddy was the nephew of Captain L.E.G. Oates who accompanied Scott to the Antartic. The portrait was begun in Edinburgh in 1918 when Teddy was six and his father was stationed in Granton Naval Base. Draper completed the portrait in his London studio.